# Jhubei
## English
### Etymology

From the Tongyong Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 竹北 (Zhúběi), Tongyong Pinyin romanization: Jhúběi.

### Proper noun

Jhubei
* Alternative form of Zhubei
** 2008, Cycling in Taiwan‎, Taiwan Tourism Bureau, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 54, column 1:Visitors to Hsinchu will also be able to soon enjoy the Taiwan High Speed Rail Discovery Museum in Jhubei; and with the recent opening of the 17km Coastline Scenic Area, it's never been easier to experience Hsinchu's coastal charms.
** 2011, “A spatial decision support system for analyzing the spatial-temporal transit service gap”, in Proceedings 2011 IEEE International Conference on Spatial Data Mining and Geographical Knowledge Services‎, →DOI, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 March 2023:By analyzing the data of Jhubei City and Jianshih District, the most and least populated areas, respectively, in Hsinchu County, this study concluded that a spatial decision support system developed in this study for analyzing the spatial-temporal transit service gap could effectively generate an index for evaluation of transit service gaps.
** 2014, Chih Pei (胡至沛), et al. Hu, “新瓦屋客家文化保存區與地方社區治安之協力關係 [The Partnership with the New Title House Hakka Cultural District and Local Community Policing]”, in 2013文化創意產業永續與前瞻研討會論文集‎, National Pingtung University of Education, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 22:Government in order to revitalize the Hakka culture, set up two Hakka Cultural Park in Miaoli, Pingtung, and included in the policy development agenda. Beside these two parks, government also set up the first Hakka culture district in Jhubei City, Hsinchu County.
** 2016, “Biomedical Park”, in Taiwan Information Strategy, Internet and E-commerce Development Handbook‎, International Business Publications, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 107:The base of “HBSP” is on the 38.1 hectares of industrial area of “HSR Hsinchu Station Special District Project” in Jhubei City, Hsinchu County. Hsinchu City is approximately 8 km southwest of the base, and Jhubei City and Hsinchu County Government are approximately 3 km northwest.
** 2018 October 30, Keoni Everington, “Photo of the Day: Starbucks siren spotted during Halloween in Taipei”, in Taiwan News‎, archived from the original on 30 October 2018, Photo of the Day‎:The costume was reminiscent of an outfit worn by a 24-year-old kindergarten teacher in Taiwan's northern city of Jhubei City in Hsinchu County in 2016.
** 2022 June 23, Jason Pan, “Police officers suspected of bribery scheme”, in Taipei Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 June 2022, Taiwan News, page 2:The officers under investigation are from New Taipei City’s Banciao (板橋) and Shulin (樹林) districts, Taoyuan’s Pingjhen (平鎮) and Bade (八德) districts, and Hsinchu County’s Jhubei City (竹北), they said.
** n.d., “Hsinchu County Performance Hall Location”, in 新竹縣政府文化局 [Cultural Affairs Bureau of Hsinchu County Government]‎, archived from the original on 05 March 2023‎:Go to Hsinchu City to take the bus of Hsinchu Transportation Company to Xinpu Town or Jungli City. Get off at the Jhubei Land Administarion Office and walk for one minute to Hsinchu Cultural Affairs Bureau.
** 2023 January 16, “《TAIPEI TIMES》 Technology hub Jhubei growing fastest in nation”, in Liberty Times, Taipei Times‎, archived from the original on 15 January 2023‎:Jhubei City in Hsinchu County recorded the nation’s highest growth in absolute population over the past five years, while the highest rate of growth by percentage occurred in Lienchiang County’s Beigan Township （北竿）, according to statistics released last week by the Ministry of the Interior.
** For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Jhubei.

### References

* ↑ “Taiwan place names”, in Pinyin.info‎, 2006, archived from the original on 2006-10-01‎: “鄉鎮市區別 / Hanyu Pinyin (recommended) / Hanyu Pinyin (with tones) / Tongyong Pinyin / old forms […] 竹北市 / Zhubei / Zhúběi / Jhubei / Chupei”

### Further reading

* Jhubei at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.